374 Dr. Warrtr’s Description of a Jatra near Surat. 
these boundaries, and approach the central spot of their first settlement, viz. 
Anadipura, the modern Anayal. 
In prosecution of the purpose above stated we left Strat on the 15th 
of April, and reached the wells on the 17th in the afternoon. The face 
of the country traversed in three days march had no features distinguishing 
it from the champaign appearance of Gujerat in general. It was studded 
here and there with villages, and these most commonly surrounded with a 
similar description of trees and shrubbery. Among the former the Mango 
(Mangifera Indica), Nim (Melia Azadirachta), Banyan trees, such as the 
Vata or Bar (Ficus Bengalensis), and Pippala (F. Religiosa) were. most 
frequent and nearly in equal proportions. The Bér (Zizyphus Jujube) both 
as a tree and its dwarf variety, were also frequent. The fruit of this is the 
true Lotos of the ancients, which is indigenous in most parts of India, but 
arrives at the greatest perfection in Gujerat. Here and there a solitary group 
of Palmyras or the Tala tree (Borassus flabelliformis), reared their majestic 
heads and agreeably diversified the scene. The waste spaces along the roads, 
the angles and sides of the fields were thickly set with the wild date and 
the Bdwal (Mimosa Arabica); the latter from its crowded state and the 
great demand for firewood, seldom reaching its full stature. We passed 
four considerable streams, all with classical titles, and each the subject of 
some peculiar fable of the adventures of heroes or demigods. ‘Their names 
are, 1st. Mandakini, at Malecpur, twelve cds distant; 2d. Purna, at Manha, 
six cds further on; 8d. A sister branch, and with the same name, at 
Vulvarra, twenty-five cés from Sarat. ‘Three cds more brought us to the 
fourth, Ambica, near to its descent from the hills, where it winds round the 
Ushna-udaki. The two first had broad sandy channels and high banks. The 
two latter were intercepted by rocks and rocky islands, which, with the aid 
of alluvial contributions, had attracted a variety of shrubs and stunted trees, 
thereby presenting a picturesque and pleasant landscape. 
During this trip the thermometer generally rose to 93° at noon, and 97° at 
three p.M.; at six A.M.it dropped gradually as we approached the hills from 
80 to 70 at the village of Veval, within two cés of the wells. As we pro- 
ceeded, the increasing crowd of pilgrims from the converging lines of their 
respective routes, all rejoicing and inspired with a cheerful anticipation of 
the purifying virtues of the waters, bestowed upon the scene an appearance 
of bustle and gaiety of the most exhilarating kind. 
A distant and confused murmur announced the vicinity of the Jutra, and 
